Something feels off, doesn’t it?

You wake up. You go through the motions. You scroll endlessly, consuming more information than any human in history, yet nothing sticks. Nothing matters. You chase productivity, optimization, self-improvement—yet the emptiness lingers. The world is noisier than ever, but all you hear is silence where meaning used to be.

Welcome to The Meaning Crisis—a slow, creeping collapse of purpose, connection, and shared reality. In this episode of The Observing I, we’re pulling back the curtain on why life feels increasingly hollow for so many people, and more importantly, how to escape the void.

We’ll cover what meaning actually is—and why most people never define it, why this crisis is happening now, the hidden symptoms, and how to break free.

This isn’t just another philosophical discussion. It’s a wake-up call. The Meaning Crisis won’t solve itself. but you can choose to face it.

So the question is: What kind of life will you live now that you know?

Listen now. Then act.

Much love,

David

One hundred episodes. A hundred dives into the deep end. This one? This one is different.

You’ve been sold a lie. Happiness. Perfection. The stories that shape you, control you, keep you running like a hamster on a wheel, chasing a dangling carrot that’s always just out of reach. In this special 100th episode, we rip the blindfold off. We’re talking about the hedonic treadmill, the lie of self-improvement, the cult of perfection, and why everything you’ve been taught about success and happiness is a rigged game.

We dig into the stories that own you, the philosophy of imperfection, and the unseen chains that keep you trapped. No fluff. No sugarcoating. Just brutal, unfiltered truth.

If you’re ready to wake up, stop running, and start writing your own script, hit play.

Mich love,

David

What happens when we build something smarter than ourselves? Smarter, faster, maybe even more ethical - if it can figure out what ethics even are. In this episode, we’re diving headfirst into the philosophical minefield of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). This isn’t just about robots and algorithms; this is about us—what AGI learns from humanity, what it means for the future, and whether we’re ready for the world we’re creating.

We’re tackling the big questions. If AGI learns morality by watching us, does it inherit our flaws? Could it outgrow its teachers and decide humanity is more liability than asset? And if AGI does everything we do, what’s left for us?

We’ll explore Ian M. Banks’ Culture series - a vision of a universe where AGI Minds run entire civilizations and humans are left to play, create, or simply drift. Is this the best-case scenario, or a future where our freedom is an illusion, handed to us by machines that know better?

This is more than a discussion about technology - it’s a conversation about what it means to be human in a world where machines don’t just follow orders; they think for themselves. Will AGI save us, replace us, or make us irrelevant?

Much love,

David